https://youtu.be/wP939QK7d7g PENNSYLVANIA–(ENEWSPF)-September 5, 2016. Today, vice presidential nominee Senator Tim Kaine introduced Vice President Joe Biden at the Pittsburgh Labor Day parade in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Both Senator Kaine and Vice President Biden spoke about the importance of organized labor in Hillary Clinton’s plan to build an economy that works[Read More…]
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White House Fact Sheet: The 2016 G-20 Summit in Hangzhou, China
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2016. President Obama participated in his 10th and final G-20 Leaders’ Summit in Hangzhou, China on September 4-5. In 2009, President Obama proposed elevating the G-20 to be the world’s premier forum for international economic cooperation, allowing leaders representing approximately 85 percent of global economic output to[Read More…]
Calling for G20 Support, UN Secretary General Ban Stresses Importance of Financing Mechanisms for 2030 Goals
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, center, and world leaders exchange greetings at the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China, in September 2016. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe CHINA–(ENEWSPF)–5 September 2016 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the importance of financing and other support mechanisms to implement the global goals for sustainable[Read More…]
At G20 in China, Secretary General Ban Stresses ‘Far-Reaching’ Impacts of Early Climate Action, Urges Unity on Global Goals
Leaders attending the G20 summit in Hangzhou, China, pose for a commemorative photo at the opening ceremony on 4 September 2016. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe CHINA–(ENEWSPF)–4 September 2016 – At a G20 summit in the southeastern city of Hangzhou in China, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the conference’s focus[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: U.S.-China Economic Relations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2016 The United States and China recognize that our two economies are closely interconnected, and each country has a strong stake in the economic prosperity of the other. Policies that lay the foundation for strong and sustainable growth in both economies are essential to improving the livelihoods[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on the United States Formally Entering into the Paris Agreement
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping and United States President Barack Obama at a climate pact ratification ceremony in Hangzhou, China, on 3 September 2016. China and the US deposited their legal instruments for formally joining the Paris Agreement. UN Photo/Eskinder Hangzhou, China–(ENEWSPF)–September 3,[Read More…]
National Leaders Reject Donald Trump’s Outreach Effort to African Americans
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2016. After a campaign spent courting white supremacists and playing into misleading stereotypes about people of color, today in Detroit, Donald Trump addressed a predominantly African American audience for the first time. While Trump can attempt to reach out to African Americans, he has proven to the[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: Building Upon the Legacy of Labor Day, September 3, 2016 (Video)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2016 Hi everybody. Before you fire up the barbecue for the long weekend, I want to talk a little bit about the reason we get to celebrate Labor Day – and that’s the labor movement that helped build this country and our middle class. For generations, every[Read More…]
‘There is No New Donald Trump’: Michiganders Reject Trump Ahead of Detroit Visit
MICHIGAN–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2016. Ahead of Donald Trump’s visit to Detroit on Saturday, Michiganders are continuing to reject Donald Trump’s extreme rhetoric, divisive policies, and incitement of hate groups. Trump has a history of racial discrimination; at the start of his career, he was sued by the Department of Justice for[Read More…]
40 Civil Rights Groups Urge Census to Stop Miscounting Prisoners
Practice Leads to a “Discriminatory Census Result” WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2016. The Census Bureau has come under fire from a coalition of 40 civil rights, faith, and low-income groups for its proposal to continue miscounting prisoners as residents of their prisons, instead of their homes, leading to a “distortion[Read More…]
